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BISTER INK BACKGROUND.
Bister Ink is not easy to work with, but with a little practice and the
right card stock you can obtain wonderful results for Bg's.
If you are an Artist that likes precision then this product is probably
not for you, however if you are like me and love the unexpected and when
it does come together, then I encourage you to purchase some colours.

This is how the ink comes, it looks like embossing powder, if you missed my last post all the details are (here) on working with this product.

I sprinkled the colours randomly on my cardstock, then spritzed with water.

When it was dry, (I did not use a heat gun) I applied texture paste through a Stencil to make a border.

First coat of paint (metallic Gold) on the Border .

Applied some stencils using White paint.

Adding the embellishments and elements.
Please click on pics for detail views.

Thread a needle with some cotton ( same colour as your lace would be a good start!

I have used a white for this tutorial against a cream lace so that you can observe and scrutinise the method.

Choose some soft lace, you can use any width, but keep in mind that the larger your width the bigger your flower.

I have used a 3/4 inch scalloped lace, again it does not have to be scalloped.

Cut a length of 6-10 inches.

STEP TWO

Start at the bottom edge and sew little running stitches up to the top
and then back down to the bottom, as evenly as possible but, don't fret
that your stitches are not exact.

This picture shows the upward motion.

Take note of my needle position.

When you reach the top always finish with your needle to the front.

STEP THREE

Start your next stitch by looping over, and underneath towards the back of the lace to start the downward stitching.

STEP FOUR

When you have sewn about halfway gently pull up your stitching........

........ careful now as you do not want them tight, loose and relaxed is
better, you will see the lace naturally want to curl, that is when you
stop.

STEP FIVE

Curl up the lace into a flower, making it tight at the beginning to
form the bud, and work around until you are happy with your size, if it
is not big enough continue to sew some more, until it looks like a
perfect Rose/Flower.

When you are happy, cut your lace to within a 1/4inch of your stitching.

Do not remove or tie off your needle and thread.

STEP SIX

Tuck your end underneath and sew a little stitch to hold , then sew
right up through the flower to catch up all the layers, do this a few
times, tweaking the petals as you go.

You should have a finished flower like this and not bulky at the base.

And here are the two side by side, notice how you obtain a different effect depending on what type of lace you use.

Here
my Watercolour paints are wet, when they air dry the result is much
lighter; something to remember when applying your paints first up, you
can always add more later but you will get a different pattern. I often
use a paper towel to dry off really wet areas, it is fun to see the
effects this leaves on the bg.

Use stencils and stamps, or emboss.

Here I have added a stencil swirl and more Gesso then dry embossed.

Now this is ready to be embellished and made into a card.

For my mixed media card here I spray a selection of inks onto some card-stock.

Next I add Gesso, stencils, masking tape, tissue paper and stamps.

Once this is completely dry, choose preferred embossing folder and run through your machine.

I dabbed them on my mat side by side, then used my brayer to ink the folder and run it through the e-bosser.

The result was NOT what I was expecting, I tried again, thinking I used
the wrong side but the same thing happened, the paint was not
transferring evenly, then I thought perhaps it was because I did not
have the 3d Folder.

I gave up on this technique, and instead I used the inked brayer
directly ontop of the embossed card-stock. Aha....this is the effect I
was looking for.

Next step is to use distress inks

It looks dark here because I took the photo immediately after inking, as you all know it does dry to a lighter shade.

I applied some antique linen randomly over the Bg.

Inking the lace.

I cut a frame on my cricut and inked up in the same hues, the bird was
also inked up using distress stains and glossy accents applied.